Re: PATCH: Fix race in cpu_down (hotplug cpu)

[Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@in.ibm.com>]

On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 04:11:11PM +1000, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> > Ok, that makes sense. Nigel, could you confirm which idle routine you are 
> > using?
> 
> >From dmesg:
> 
> monitor/mwait feature present.
> using mwait in idle threads.

Ok, that may explain why __cpu_die is timing out for you! Can you try a 
(untested, I am afraid) patch on these lines: 

--- process.c.org	2005-09-19 11:44:57.000000000 +0530
+++ process.c	2005-09-19 11:48:28.000000000 +0530
@@ -245,16 +245,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle_wait);
  */
 static void mwait_idle(void)
 {
+	int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
+
 	local_irq_enable();
 
 	if (!need_resched()) {
 		set_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
 		do {
 			__monitor((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
-			if (need_resched())
+			if (need_resched() || cpu_is_offline(cpu))
 				break;
 			__mwait(0, 0);
-		} while (!need_resched());
+		} while (!need_resched() || !cpu_is_offline(cpu));
 		clear_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
 	}
 }


Other idle routines will need similar fix.

> Ok, but what about default_idle?

default_idle should be fine as it is. IOW it should not cause __cpu_die to 
timeout.

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Thanks and Regards,
Srivatsa Vaddagiri,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM Software Labs,
Bangalore, INDIA - 560017